No direct trains to york/leeds

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No direct trains to york/leeds

Post by what_no_pies » Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:40 pm

Am I missing something? Searching for Saturday 25th from Burnley (any/Man Rd) to York and all results showing one or two changes. Same going for Leeds has the same outcome. Is this the cost of having a direct line to Manchester?

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Re: No direct trains to york/leeds

Post by HendricksHair » Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:47 pm

Usually have to change at Hebden

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Re: No direct trains to york/leeds

Post by todclaret » Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:35 am

just looked at nationalrail.co.uk
there trains from Manchester Road Leeds to at 39 minutes past the hour, changing at Todmorden
there are direct trains at 12 mins past the hour

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Re: No direct trains to york/leeds

Post by bfcmik » Thu Feb 23, 2017 3:12 am

All Leeds trains go from Manchester Rd station and depart at 12 minutes past the hour all morning Saturday. Takes 1 hr and 10 minutes to Leeds. 38 minutes past each hour is a departure to Hull which takes 57 minutes. Each train from Man Rd at 12 mins past goes direct to York.

It is better to buy a ticket to Hebden Bridge and a ticket from Hebden Bridge to your destination - you do not need to exit the train there at all.

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Re: No direct trains to york/leeds

Post by Sutton-Claret » Thu Feb 23, 2017 9:10 am

My mother used to get a train from Burnley to York without a change. When she got back on to go home I seem to remember it was the Blackpool train - again with no change. I'd be surprised if this has been dropped

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Re: No direct trains to york/leeds

Post by tybfc » Thu Feb 23, 2017 9:47 am

Blackpool North to York runs every weekday hourly directly so you don't need to get off the train anywhere.

It runs every two hours on a Sunday.

The service is often late / cancelled but when on time is quite good.

I did Hull the last time we played them on the train and it was a piece of cake.

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Re: No direct trains to york/leeds

Post by Leisure » Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:34 pm

tybfc wrote:Blackpool North to York runs every weekday hourly directly so you don't need to get off the train anywhere.

It runs every two hours on a Sunday.

The service is often late / cancelled but when on time is quite good.

I did Hull the last time we played them on the train and it was a piece of cake.
Tony - All that info is wonderful but we play them on a Saturday!! :lol:

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Re: No direct trains to york/leeds

Post by Diesel » Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:45 pm

tybfc wrote:I did Hull the last time we played them on the train and it was a piece of cake.
I don't know if I'd be over confident travelling all that way in a cake.
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Re: No direct trains to york/leeds

Post by tybfc » Thu Feb 23, 2017 1:09 pm

Ha ha.

Saturday's timetable is pretty much the same as the Monday to Friday one.

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Re: No direct trains to york/leeds

Post by FactualFrank » Thu Feb 23, 2017 6:33 pm

I'm also seeing a direct route from Burnley to Leeds:

Burnley Manchester Road > Leeds.
1 hour 13 minutes (5 stops)

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Re: No direct trains to york/leeds

Post by bfcmik » Thu Feb 23, 2017 6:48 pm

tybfc wrote:Blackpool North to York runs every weekday hourly directly so you don't need to get off the train anywhere.

It runs every two hours on a Sunday.

The service is often late / cancelled but when on time is quite good.

I did Hull the last time we played them on the train and it was a piece of cake.
Are you sure we played them on the train? Not sure the pitch would meet the minimum dimensions standard!
Diesel wrote:I don't know if I'd be over confident travelling all that way in a cake.
:lol:

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